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1926 Boston Braves Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1925 / 1927)
66-86, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 624 runs, Allowed 719 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-86
Manager: Dave Bancroft (66-86)
Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 303,598 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 92, Pitching - 93;   one-year: Batting - 87, Pitching - 88

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1925 / 1927 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Zack Taylor 27 125 470 432 36 110 22 3 0 42 1 28 27 .255 .303 .319 .622 73 138 2 8
2 1B Dick Burrus* 28 131 540 486 59 131 21 1 3 61 4 37 16 .270 .324 .335 .659 84 163 2 15
3 2B Doc Gautreau 24 79 317 266 36 71 9 4 0 8 17 35 24 .267 .356 .331 .687 92 88 2 14
4 SS Dave Bancroft# 35 127 541 453 70 141 18 6 1 44 3 64 29 .311 .399 .384 .783 119 174 2 22
5 3B Andy High* 28 130 533 476 55 141 17 10 2 66 4 39 9 .296 .351 .387 .737 105 184 1 17
6 OF Jack Smith* 31 96 359 322 46 100 15 2 2 25 11 28 12 .311 .369 .388 .758 111 125 2 7
7 OF Eddie Brown 34 153 650 612 71 201 31 8 2 84 5 23 20 .328 .355 .415 .770 114 254 2 13
8 OF Jimmy Welsh* 23 134 563 490 69 136 18 11 3 57 6 33 28 .278 .333 .378 .711 98 185 8 32
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 IF Ed Taylor 24 92 327 272 37 73 8 2 0 33 4 38 26 .268 .368 .313 .681 91 85 5 12
10 OF Frank Wilson* 25 87 265 236 22 56 11 3 0 23 3 20 21 .237 .300 .309 .609 70 73 1 8
11 2B Eddie Moore 27 54 212 184 17 49 3 2 0 15 6 16 12 .266 .325 .304 .629 76 56 0 12
12 1B Johnny Cooney 25 64 147 126 17 38 3 2 0 18 6 13 7 .302 .367 .357 .724 102 45 0 8
13 OF Les Mann 33 50 141 129 23 39 8 2 1 20 5 9 9 .302 .348 .419 .766 113 54 0 3
14 OF Bernie Neis# 30 30 103 93 16 20 5 2 0 8 4 8 10 .215 .277 .312 .589 64 29 0 2
15 C Oscar Siemer 24 31 77 73 3 15 1 0 0 5 0 2 7 .205 .227 .219 .446 25 16 0 2
16 3B Jimmy Johnston 36 23 67 57 7 14 1 0 1 5 2 10 3 .246 .358 .316 .674 89 18 0 0
17 C Frank Gibson# 35 24 52 47 3 16 4 0 0 7 0 4 6 .340 .392 .426 .818 128 20 0 1
18 C Shanty Hogan 20 4 14 14 1 4 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 .286 .286 .500 .786 115 7 0 0
19 3B Harry Riconda 29 4 14 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 29 2 0 0
20 C Sid Womack 29 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
21 P Larry Benton 28 45 87 78 3 12 1 0 0 4 0 2 25 .154 .185 .167 .352 -1 13 1 6
22 P Bob Smith 31 40 87 84 10 25 6 2 0 13 0 2 4 .298 .314 .417 .731 102 35 0 1
23 P Joe Genewich 29 37 77 67 3 11 0 1 0 2 0 4 8 .164 .222 .194 .416 17 13 1 5
24 P Johnny Werts 28 32 72 64 6 17 1 0 1 6 0 5 13 .266 .319 .328 .647 80 21 0 3
25 P George Mogridge* 37 40 51 46 3 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 .174 .174 .239 .413 14 11 0 5
26 P Hal Goldsmith 27 19 41 38 7 8 2 0 0 5 0 2 6 .211 .250 .263 .513 43 10 0 1
27 P Bunny Hearn* 22 34 34 30 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 .100 .156 .100 .256 -27 3 0 2
28 P Skinny Graham 26 15 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 2 0 0
29 P Foster Edwards 22 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
30 P Rosy Ryan* 28 7 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 12 1 0 0
31 P Bill Vargus* 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.6 153 5870 5216 624 1444 209 62 16 560 81 0 426 348 .277 .335 .350 .685 91 1825 0 29 199 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 7 6 8 4 8 5 6 7 7 6 8 8 8
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
#Dave Bancroft 35 541 334 69 5.5 96 .331 .311 .277 .399 .336 .384 .384 .783 .719 119 .589 16.5 1.6 .779 .221 .073 1.5 *6/5
Larry Benton 28 87 72 2 0.7 96 .226 .154 .277 .185 .336 .167 .384 .352 .720 -1 .035 -10.8 -1.1 .242 .038 .013 1
Eddie Brown 34 650 424 90 5.6 96 .337 .328 .277 .355 .336 .415 .384 .770 .719 114 .601 11.3 1.1 .691 .132 .087 2.9 *O
*Dick Burrus 28 540 370 52 3.7 96 .274 .270 .277 .324 .336 .335 .384 .659 .719 84 .414 -9.0 -0.9 .580 .150 .066 3.4 *3
Johnny Cooney 25 147 96 17 4.7 96 .319 .302 .277 .367 .336 .357 .384 .724 .719 102 .519 1.0 0.1 .727 .206 .056 .0 31/O
Foster Edwards 22 9 9 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .277 .000 .336 .000 .384 .000 .719 -100 .000 -2.4 -0.3 .000 .000 .000 /1
Doc Gautreau 24 317 209 31 4.0 96 .293 .267 .277 .356 .336 .331 .384 .687 .719 92 .439 -0.6 -0.1 .728 .259 .064 .0 4
Joe Genewich 29 77 61 3 1.3 96 .186 .164 .277 .222 .336 .194 .384 .416 .720 17 .094 -7.7 -0.8 .321 .090 .030 1
#Frank Gibson 35 52 32 8 6.6 96 .390 .340 .277 .392 .336 .426 .384 .818 .720 128 .670 2.1 0.2 .774 .170 .085 2
Hal Goldsmith 27 41 31 3 2.6 96 .250 .211 .277 .250 .336 .263 .384 .513 .720 43 .264 -2.9 -0.3 .400 .105 .053 1
Skinny Graham 26 12 10 0 0.0 96 .250 .167 .277 .167 .336 .167 .384 .333 .720 -7 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .200 .000 .000 1
*Bunny Hearn 22 34 29 0 0.0 96 .136 .100 .277 .156 .336 .100 .384 .256 .720 -27 .000 -5.2 -0.5 .185 .067 .000 1
*Andy High 28 533 352 64 4.8 96 .299 .296 .277 .351 .336 .387 .384 .737 .719 105 .531 4.1 0.4 .681 .181 .090 2.7 54
Shanty Hogan 20 14 10 2 5.3 96 .286 .286 .277 .286 .336 .500 .384 .786 .720 115 .574 0.1 0.0 .700 .214 .214 /2
Jimmy Johnston 36 67 43 6 3.7 96 .245 .246 .277 .358 .336 .316 .384 .674 .720 89 .411 -0.3 0.0 .698 .281 .070 1.3 5/4O
Les Mann 33 141 93 19 5.4 96 .319 .302 .277 .348 .336 .419 .384 .766 .719 113 .584 2.4 0.2 .756 .225 .116 1.7 O
*George Mogridge 37 51 43 2 1.2 96 .205 .174 .277 .174 .336 .239 .384 .413 .720 14 .086 -5.3 -0.5 .289 .065 .065 1/3
Eddie Moore 27 212 147 18 3.3 96 .285 .266 .277 .325 .336 .304 .384 .629 .720 76 .355 -5.4 -0.5 .578 .158 .038 .0 46/5
#Bernie Neis 30 103 75 8 2.8 96 .241 .215 .277 .277 .336 .312 .384 .589 .720 64 .299 -4.5 -0.5 .562 .226 .097 .0 O
Harry Riconda 29 14 10 1 2.7 96 .200 .167 .277 .286 .336 .167 .384 .452 .719 29 .275 -1.1 -0.1 .400 .167 .000 /5
*Rosy Ryan 28 5 4 0 0.0 96 .250 .200 .277 .200 .336 .200 .384 .400 .719 12 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000 /1
Oscar Siemer 24 77 60 4 1.8 96 .227 .205 .277 .227 .336 .219 .384 .446 .719 25 .152 -7.5 -0.8 .310 .041 .014 2
Bob Smith 31 87 60 11 4.9 96 .313 .298 .277 .314 .336 .417 .384 .731 .720 102 .535 0.0 0.0 .627 .143 .119 1
*Jack Smith 31 359 229 46 5.4 96 .318 .311 .277 .369 .336 .388 .384 .758 .719 111 .577 6.5 0.6 .748 .199 .078 3.4 O
Ed Taylor 24 327 211 30 3.8 96 .297 .268 .277 .368 .336 .313 .384 .681 .719 91 .419 -0.2 0.0 .663 .199 .044 .0 56
Zack Taylor 27 470 330 41 3.3 96 .272 .255 .277 .303 .336 .319 .384 .622 .719 73 .361 -14.6 -1.5 .525 .132 .065 .0 *2
*Bill Vargus 26 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
*Jimmy Welsh 23 563 386 60 4.1 96 .290 .278 .277 .333 .336 .378 .384 .711 .720 98 .460 -1.1 -0.1 .655 .180 .100 4.0 *O
Johnny Werts 28 72 50 7 3.7 96 .320 .266 .277 .319 .336 .328 .384 .647 .720 80 .413 -1.6 -0.2 .553 .141 .063 .0 1
*Frank Wilson 25 265 188 22 3.1 96 .260 .237 .277 .300 .336 .309 .384 .609 .720 70 .335 -9.1 -0.9 .539 .169 .072 .0 O
Sid Womack 29 3 3 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .277 .000 .336 .000 .384 .000 .719 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /2
League Average 4.6 104 .294 .279 .288 .337 .348 .384 .399 .721 .747 93 .512 .674 .202 .105
Team Total 5870 3971 616 4.1 96 .294 .277 .277 .335 .336 .350 .384 .685 .719 91 .459 -48.5 -5.3 .626 .170 .073 26.7
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
#Dave Bancroft 35 133 550 479 77 153 20 7 1 49 3 69 30 .319 .407 .397 .804 76 127 127
Larry Benton 28 47 84 81 3 12 1 0 0 4 0 2 26 .148 .179 .160 .339 2 45 45
Eddie Brown 34 160 675 648 79 218 34 9 2 93 5 25 21 .336 .363 .426 .789 99 153 153
*Dick Burrus 28 137 554 512 65 141 23 1 3 67 4 40 17 .275 .330 .342 .672 57 131 131
Johnny Cooney 25 67 146 132 18 40 3 2 0 19 6 14 7 .303 .370 .356 .726 18 64 64
Foster Edwards 22 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Doc Gautreau 24 83 321 281 40 77 10 4 0 9 18 38 25 .274 .364 .338 .703 34 79 79
Joe Genewich 29 39 76 71 3 12 0 1 0 2 0 4 8 .169 .224 .197 .421 3 37 37
#Frank Gibson 35 25 53 49 3 17 4 0 0 7 0 4 6 .347 .396 .429 .825 8 24 24
Hal Goldsmith 27 20 42 40 9 9 2 0 0 6 0 2 6 .225 .262 .275 .537 3 19 19
Skinny Graham 26 16 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15 15
*Bunny Hearn 22 36 33 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .000 .061 .000 .061 0 34 34
*Andy High 28 136 545 502 61 152 18 11 2 73 4 42 9 .303 .358 .394 .752 71 130 130
Shanty Hogan 20 4 15 15 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 4 4
Jimmy Johnston 36 63 148 131 19 31 1 0 1 10 2 17 8 .237 .324 .267 .591 11 60 60
Les Mann 33 52 146 136 26 42 9 2 1 22 5 10 9 .309 .356 .426 .783 21 50 50
*George Mogridge 37 42 48 48 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 40 40
Eddie Moore 27 101 360 331 38 83 12 3 0 36 9 29 19 .251 .311 .305 .616 31 97 97
#Bernie Neis 30 31 107 98 19 22 6 2 0 9 4 9 10 .224 .290 .327 .616 9 30 30
Harry Riconda 29 4 16 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .231 .375 .231 .606 1 4 4
*Rosy Ryan 28 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7 7
Oscar Siemer 24 32 80 78 3 17 1 0 0 6 0 2 7 .218 .238 .231 .468 4 31 31
Bob Smith 31 42 92 90 11 28 7 2 0 15 0 2 4 .311 .326 .433 .759 13 40 40
*Jack Smith 31 101 373 341 50 108 16 2 2 27 12 30 14 .317 .375 .393 .768 50 97 97
Ed Taylor 24 96 333 287 41 79 9 2 0 36 4 41 27 .275 .375 .321 .696 33 92 92
Zack Taylor 27 131 488 456 40 119 24 3 0 47 1 30 28 .261 .309 .327 .636 46 125 125
*Jimmy Welsh 23 140 562 517 76 147 19 12 3 63 6 36 29 .284 .342 .385 .727 66 134 134
Johnny Werts 28 33 72 67 7 18 1 0 1 7 0 5 14 .269 .319 .328 .648 7 32 32
*Frank Wilson 25 91 272 249 24 61 12 3 0 26 3 22 22 .245 .309 .317 .626 24 87 87
Sid Womack 29 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
#Dave Bancroft 35 12 6804 1539 6804 5917 922 1686 276 65 30 465 126 75 694 419 .285 .362 .369 .731 105 2182 20 173
Larry Benton 28 4 232 142 232 200 17 34 4 0 0 5 1 0 11 68 .170 .217 .190 .407 12 38 1 20
Eddie Brown 34 5 1952 493 1952 1821 232 567 107 25 12 273 12 9 75 67 .311 .341 .417 .759 103 760 8 48
*Dick Burrus 28 4 1541 424 1541 1403 169 406 73 9 8 166 14 12 102 77 .289 .341 .371 .712 93 521 8 28
Johnny Cooney 25 6 489 227 489 438 51 130 13 3 0 38 7 5 29 22 .297 .342 .340 .682 86 149 1 21
Foster Edwards 22 2 9 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doc Gautreau 24 2 643 151 643 552 81 144 22 7 0 31 28 7 70 40 .261 .347 .326 .673 84 180 3 18
Joe Genewich 29 5 292 154 292 265 20 56 5 1 0 16 0 0 10 37 .211 .245 .238 .483 32 63 2 15
#Frank Gibson 35 7 1065 411 1065 988 114 280 56 17 8 127 10 7 52 117 .283 .322 .399 .721 94 394 5 20
Hal Goldsmith 27 1 41 19 41 38 7 8 2 0 0 5 0 2 6 .211 .250 .263 .513 43 10 0 1
Skinny Graham 26 3 72 54 72 63 4 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 29 .127 .127 .175 .302 -20 11 0 9
*Bunny Hearn 22 1 34 34 34 30 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 .100 .156 .100 .256 -27 3 0 2
*Andy High 28 5 2717 654 2717 2397 328 697 108 44 21 263 17 25 240 71 .291 .358 .399 .756 102 956 9 71
Shanty Hogan 20 2 36 13 36 35 3 10 2 2 0 8 0 0 1 3 .286 .306 .457 .763 104 16 0 0
Jimmy Johnston 36 13 5628 1377 5628 5070 754 1493 185 75 22 410 169 83 391 246 .294 .347 .374 .721 100 1894 20 147
Les Mann 33 14 4827 1358 4827 4390 627 1242 189 103 40 462 123 21 290 445 .283 .331 .400 .731 111 1757 27 120
*George Mogridge 37 14 826 382 826 739 56 134 19 8 1 46 7 3 39 186 .181 .227 .233 .460 27 172 5 43
Eddie Moore 27 4 1271 317 1271 1098 195 324 49 15 8 125 35 14 130 59 .295 .372 .389 .761 97 427 4 39
#Bernie Neis 30 7 1873 600 1873 1653 271 445 70 18 21 181 45 38 173 168 .269 .340 .371 .712 91 614 5 42
Harry Riconda 29 3 530 142 530 468 58 119 27 7 1 33 7 6 41 63 .254 .320 .348 .668 73 163 4 17
*Rosy Ryan 28 8 284 216 284 251 17 49 8 0 1 12 0 2 18 60 .195 .252 .239 .491 30 60 1 14
Oscar Siemer 24 2 125 47 125 119 8 29 1 1 1 11 0 0 3 7 .244 .262 .294 .556 52 35 0 3
Bob Smith 31 4 1042 319 1042 980 89 247 43 12 2 114 11 13 39 71 .252 .281 .327 .608 64 320 1 22
*Jack Smith 31 12 4506 1207 4506 4075 724 1167 167 65 38 324 214 67 295 320 .286 .338 .387 .725 104 1578 21 115
Ed Taylor 24 1 327 92 327 272 37 73 8 2 0 33 4 38 26 .268 .368 .313 .681 91 85 5 12
Zack Taylor 27 7 1702 475 1702 1595 143 444 60 19 4 186 5 7 70 84 .278 .312 .347 .659 77 554 8 29
*Bill Vargus 26 2 12 15 12 12 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 3 0 0 0 0 0
*Jimmy Welsh 23 2 1084 256 1084 974 138 287 43 19 10 120 13 4 53 52 .295 .341 .409 .750 103 398 16 41
Johnny Werts 28 1 72 32 72 64 6 17 1 0 1 6 0 5 13 .266 .319 .328 .647 80 21 0 3
*Frank Wilson 25 3 542 160 542 482 45 120 19 4 1 38 8 5 47 44 .249 .317 .311 .628 74 150 1 12
Sid Womack 29 1 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1925 / 1927 Batting Statistics